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"Nobody was surprised when on his very first day back in the office President
Trump announced that he was withdrawing the US from the
2015 Paris Climate
Accord for the second time.
When it was announced that the US would not bother attending the United
Nations’ annual climate summit, the Conference of the Parties (COP) 30 in
Brazil in Nov 2025, few were surprised and even fewer were disappointed.
Some delegates privately said that they were in fact pleased that the US was no
longer attending, because it would do its best to crash the UN’s party – i.e.,
apply pressure on everyone else to abandon their attempts to phase out fossil
fuels or anything that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
COP30 went ahead without the US – and ended without much progress – which is
what usually happens at these events. Had the US been in attendance, most
likely even
less progress would have been accomplished.
Some politicians among the (former) US allies have
privately reached similar
conclusions in other areas including security, defense, international trade,
aid, health, research and so on. Witness the deepening rifts within NATO, just
to name one example."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
